Hydrologist

Maricopa County • Phoenix, AZ

2d • $70,000 - $111,250

About The Position

The Hydrologist works independently and collaboratively to manage a large network of water-level gages in and around Maricopa County. The position provides accurate water-flow data for first responders, safety agencies, residents, and engineering, research, and planning organizations. The role includes collecting and interpreting hydrologic data, developing discharge ratings and models, computing peak discharges and runoff frequencies, maintaining data integrity, and serving as a technical expert on the ALERT streamgage system.

Requirements

• Four years of professional hydrology experience or pre-registration civil engineering experience; or four years of experience leading and performing senior-level technical engineering work; or a bachelor's degree in Hydrology, Engineering (Civil, Environmental, etc.), Surveying, Geography, Environmental Science, Geology, or a related field.
• An equivalent combination of post-secondary education and/or job-related experience may substitute for the minimum qualifications on a year-for-year basis.
• Must currently possess, or be able to obtain by the time of hire, a valid Arizona driver's license.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with hydrologic data collection and devices.
• Computer experience with Microsoft Office programs, especially Excel.
• Working knowledge of hydraulics and hydraulic software such as HEC-RAS, HEC-WRC, and HY-8.
• Working knowledge of ArcGIS or ArcPro.
• Ability to apply survey knowledge and techniques to surface-water data collection.
• Familiarity with the geography, hydrology, and meteorology of Maricopa County.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering plans and construction drawings.

Responsibilities

• Manage a large network of water-level gages, including data collection, presentation, and reporting.
• Develop discharge ratings for complex streams and hydraulic conditions, and develop models for natural streams, engineered channels, hydraulic structures, basins, and dams.
• Oversee selection of locations for new water-level gages and oversee their installation to required standards.
• Use general survey techniques to collect hydrologic data for peak-flood computations, rating development, and maintaining instrumentation data integrity.
• Develop post-runoff and post-flood-event peak discharges, computing and estimating them from complex stream and hydraulic data.
• Compute runoff frequencies, return periods, and probabilities for flood events and data records using collected data and USGS and other methods.
• Periodically QA/QC stream-gage data stored in a database to ensure the integrity of historical records, and include data in technical and archive reports.
• Serve as a technical expert regarding the ALERT streamgage system and provide public-safety expertise to emergency managers and other decision-makers.
• Create usable products for data users from raw data sources through mathematical and hydrological computations, interpretation, and professional judgment.

Benefits

• Tuition reimbursement.
• Exceptional work-life balance.
• Opportunities for growth and development within Maricopa County.
• Low-cost, high-value healthcare for the employee and qualifying dependents.
• Child care benefits, including access to the Maricopa County Kids Club.
• Paid vacation, sick time, and parental leave.
• Extensive wellness program, including an incentive.
• Enrollment in the Arizona State Retirement System, a defined retirement benefit requiring an 11.98% per-paycheck contribution, with a 100% employer match on Day 1.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time